Read the Case Study regarding Quality Teaching on page 33 of the NSDC Standards text handed out in class. In your PLC discuss Discussion Questions 1-5. Have a record keeper in your group synthesize your group's responses to these questions. If your group needed more information, describe what you need to know and how you would go about discovering this information.
1. Why is it important that curriculum, instruction, and assessment are tied together in a single standard?
2. When is it appropriate for educators to study curriculum, instruction, or assessment issues in isolation?
3. How can technology be used to assist with implementation of this standard?
4. How can team meetings be restructured to focus on this standard?
5. How can staff development be restructured to focus on this standard?
1. Why is it important that curriculum, instruction, and assessment are tied together in a single standard?
2. When is it appropriate for educators to study curriculum, instruction, or assessment issues in isolation?
3. How can technology be used to assist with implementation of this standard?
4. How can team meetings be restructured to focus on this standard?
5. How can staff development be restructured to focus on this standard?